Kenneth W Meyer was a football coach at the high school, collegiate and professional levels.
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16 Facts About Ken Meyer
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Ken Meyer may be best remembered as the head coach of the National Football League's San Francisco 49ers in 1977.
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Ken Meyer graduated from Ashtabula Harbor High School in 1943 and was inducted into the Ashtabula County Football Hall of Fame in 2004.
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Ken Meyer was proud to have served as a staff sergeant in the mighty 8th Air Force during World War II and flew 25 missions over Germany as a tail gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress.
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Ken Meyer maintained close ties with the men in his bomber group, and was an active supporter and past president of the 305th Bomber Group Association.
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Ken Meyer played quarterback at Denison University under legendary football coach Woody Hayes before Hayes became head coach at the Ohio State University.
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Ken Meyer was elected to Denison's Athletic Hall of Fame in 1987.
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Ken Meyer gained his first coaching experience as head coach at an Ohio high school.
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On February 6,1973, Ken Meyer left the Jets to accept the position of offensive coordinator with the Los Angeles Rams, reuniting him with Chuck Knox, who had worked with him at Wake Forest.
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Ken Meyer became an NFL head coach when he was appointed by the 49ers on April 19,1977, succeeding Monte Clark who had been forced out earlier that month as a result of losing a power struggle to general manager Joe Thomas.
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Ken Meyer returned to coaching nine weeks later as the offensive coordinator with the Chicago Bears under new head coach Neill Armstrong.
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Ken Meyer returned to the college ranks for the next two years, serving as offensive coordinator for Tulane University.
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Ken Meyer helped guide the Seahawks to the 1983 AFC Championship game and the 1988 AFC West Division title.
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In September 2014 Ken Meyer became the 20th person to be inducted to Finnish American Football Hall of Fame.
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Ken Meyer is the first and currently only non-Finnish person to be inducted.
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